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R. BRADLEYn HAT.

APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 16, |919.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

altoznup RICHARD BRADLEY, OF SWANSEA, ARIZONA.

HAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed July 16', 1919. Serial No. 311,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BRnDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swansea, in the county of Yuma and State of Arizona, have invented a new and useful Hat, of which the following 1s a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a novel means whereby, at the will of an operator, a hat or other article of headwear may be ventilated, the construction being such that rain or snow cannot find its way within the crown of a hat.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects 1n view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a hat embodying the invention, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

There is shown in the drawings, a hat comprising a crown 1 and a brim 2, the hat being surrounded, if desired, by the usual trimming band 3. At spaced points, the crown 1 is struck outwardly to form ventilating openings 4 and to form semi-conical guards 5 for the openings, the guards, obviously preventing snow or rain from iinding its way into the openings. Located within the crown 1 is a sweat band 6, disposed in operative relation to the guards 5. The sweat band 6 is connected to the crown l by separable fasteners 8, 9, 1() and 11, the fasteners 9-11 being disposed opposite to each other and a corresponding relation eX- isting between the fasteners 8 and 9. The fasteners may be snap structures including a part carried by the crown 1 and a part carried by the sweat band 6.

When the sweat band 6 is arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, openings or permembers of the fasteners 8 and 10, for instance, may be detached from each other. Then the sweat band may be reversed on an axis passing through the fasteners 9 andV 11. When the sweat band is reversed, as aforesaid, the imperforate portions of the sweat band lie adjacent to the openings 4 and the guards 5, no air under such circumstances finding its way into the crown. The construction of the device is such, that the wearer, at will, may be provided with a ventilated hat, or with one which is not ventilated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A hat comprising a crown and a sweat band having" Ventilating openings; and means for pivoting the band to the crown at spaced points, the band being reversible on an axis passing said points to bring the openings of the band and the crown into and out of registration.

' 2. A hat comprising a crown and a sweat band having Ventilating openings; means for pivoting the band to the crown at spaced points, the band being reversible on an axis passing through said points to bring the openings of the band and the crown into and out of registration; and means for locking the sweat band against pivotal movement.

3. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1 and further characterized by the fact that the crown is struck outwardly to define a guard for the Ventilating opening in the crown.

4. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 2, and further characterized by the fact that both the means for pivoting the band to the crown and the means for locking the band to the crown consist of separable fasteners.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aliixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD BRADLEY.

Witnesses HAZEL TEMPLEMAN, KATHLEEN ASHPLANT. 

